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A U.S. official was heading to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government to try to push allies to further restrict China’s ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, was trying to build on a 2023 agreement between the three countries to keep chipmaking equipment from China that could help to modernize its military.
In a response, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China was opposed to the U.S. engaging in confrontation and “coercing other countries and suppressing China’s semiconductor industry”.
“This behavior has seriously hindered the development of the global semiconductor industry and will eventually backfire,” Lin told a press briefing in Beijing.
A spokesperson for the Dutch foreign ministry confirmed a meeting had taken place in the Netherlands on Monday.
Japan’s industry ministry said it has various exchanges with the United States but would not comment on diplomatic interactions.
The U.S. first imposed restrictions in 2022 on shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to China from companies including California-based Nvidia and Lam Research.
Last July, to align with U.S. policy, Japan, home to chip equipment makers Nikon Corp and Tokyo Electron, curbed exports of 23 types of equipment, from machines that deposit films on silicon wafers to devices that etch out the microscopic circuits.
Then the Dutch government began to regulate Netherlands-based ASML’s deep ultra violet (DUV) semiconductor equipment to China and the U.S. imposed restrictions on additional DUV machines to a handful of Chinese factories, claiming jurisdiction because ASML’s systems contain U.S. parts and components. ASML is the world’s biggest chip equipment maker by sales and market capitalization.
Washington is talking to allies about adding 11 more Chinese chipmaking factories to a restricted list, the person said. There are currently five factories on the list, the person said, including SMIC, China’s largest chipmaker.
The U.S. also says it wants to control additional chipmaking equipment, the person said, asking not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Commerce Department declined comment.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry said Monday’s meeting was part of ongoing talks on export policy and security between the U.S. and the Netherlands.
The Netherlands “always has continual contact with our allies,” the spokesperson said.
U.S. officials also visited the Netherlands in April to try to stop ASML from servicing certain equipment in China. Under U.S. rules, U.S. firms are barred from servicing equipment at advanced Chinese factories.
But the ASML servicing contracts are still in place, the person said, adding the Dutch government does not have the extraterritorial scope to cut them off.
ASML said in April it expected to be able to service most of the billions of euros worth of equipment it has sold to China, though it cannot use spare parts from the U.S. that would fall under U.S. restrictions. It did not have immediate comment on Wednesday.
Sanctioned Chinese telecoms giant Huawei last year came out with a phone powered by a sophisticated chip. The Huawei Mate 60 Pro was seen as a symbol of the China’s technological resurgence despite Washington’s efforts.
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Going to take everyone working together to contain the China menace.
What USA commands, Japan leap dog will execute without any questions or comments.
Maybe Japan should see its own way, especially now with the hyperinflation and the crash of their curency.
As long as China harbours delusions of grandeur, and ambitions of ruling the world from Beijing, the world has no other option but to restrict its abiliry to gain control.
A necessary move by the US and its allies. China continues to threaten everyone that does not go along with it.
This is just another round of sanctions in all but name and countries are sick of it.
Precisely this is driving the change in trade flows, growth of BRICS, dedollarisation and will inevitably accelerate the self-imposed undermining of Atlanticist hegemony in the long run.
US/G7 etc love to lecture others about free trade on the condition it overwhelmingly benefits them; then they invent a new, loaded phrase like “overcapacity” when there emerges a fair competitor. These hypocrites spent the last few decades waxing lyrical about free markets etc like it was Gospel.
Just like China has come out on top with electric cars, they eventually dominate with chips. Watch.
It’s only a a matter of time before China resurge and become a super power if not already.
It is happening now, all what someone need to do is visit China and find out for himself or herself.
Yes China may not fit or meet the perfect needs of a full democracy but so are many other nation who claim to be one.
We can keep on burying our heads in the sand and refuse to face reality but the fact of the matter is that China is and will be just as competitive as any industrialized nation if not even better in some areas.
Instead of trying to contain China how about finding ways to live along side each other in PEACE and Harmony and do all we can to avoid a conflict with each other.
Pres. Reagan once said Peace through Strength, and we can all agree on that and our strength also comes from Respecting one another and working together towards common goals that will benefit our people as well as others.
In the end, it’s not going to make a blind bit of difference. They’ll figure out a way to do it and it’ll be much better, cheaper and more efficient. Do NOT underestimate China.
WoodyLeeToday 05:47 pm JST
Yes China may not fit or meet the perfect needs of a full democracy
It isn’t a democracy in any way shape or form, let alone a “perfect” or “full” one. (Even low-level, local officials who are “elected” must adhere to Xi Jinping Thought and cannot oppose the CCP.)
The closest analog to its system is an absolute monarchy: one unelected man making all the decisions, with zero oversight, legal responsibility, or accountability.
Instead of trying to contain China how about finding ways to live along side each other in PEACE and Harmony and do all we can to avoid a conflict with each other.
Sadly, this is impossible with the CCP at the helm. It simply wants to steal things and oppress people, both internally and externally, to maintain and increase its power.
We can all get along with China once the CCP falls, and the Chinese people have a government that actually represents them, rather than brutally oppresses them and attacks its neighbors.
It is happening now, all what someone need to do is visit China and find out for himself or herself.
Just mind the arbitrary imprisonment, and the exit bans when you try to get out.
Instead of trying to contain China how about finding ways to live along side each other in PEACE and Harmony and do all we can to avoid a conflict with each other.
Pres. Reagan once said Peace through Strength, and we can all agree on that and our strength also comes from Respecting one another and working together towards common goals that will benefit our people as well as others.
I’m sure the Philippines and several other countries will disagree with what you have written!!
Peace and Harmony is not in China’s interest when it comes to territory or technology. You are keeping up with the latest news, aren’t you?
JJEToday 05:17 pm JST
and countries are sick of it.
Evidently not, since sanctions continue to be used regularly against dangerous, authoritarian regimes like China and Russia.
Just like China has come out on top with electric cars
It hasn’t. There are trade barriers being put up all over the world to combat China’s product dumping, WTO rule-breaking subsidies, forced labor, and environmental degradation.
See also solar panels, wind turbines, and many, many more things.
If America really wants to contain China in semiconductors, the loopholes are still too big.
The US, Japan, the Netherlands, and Taiwan are the Western semiconductor leaders, but even the US has not been able to restrict Nvidia’s semiconductor exports.
The situation is probably similar in the Netherlands and Taiwan.
Biden’s policies won’t have much effect. If they could, Trump might be the only one.
Japan doesn’t have Harper inflation or an extremely weak currency. If Japan does, then what is it about Zimbabwe’s economy that exceeds hyper?
There is nothing more foolish than thinking you can negotiate with China.
It might be possible if you had overwhelming military and economic power against China, but in America today, both are half-hearted. They only follow the strong. Just like Koreans, it’s all about the strong, the weak, the weak, the strong lol
Japanese public already suffers in their wallets thanks to the anti Russian sanctions at the US behest. Should tell D.C. where to go with their request to participate in another trade spat with China. Alas as an obedient kohai Kishida will do as he is told.
DanteKHToday 04:48 pm JST
What USA commands, Japan leap dog will execute without any questions or comments.
Maybe if your country behaved in a civilized manner it would have friends.
“China Coast Guard ships have been in waters around Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 consecutive days,”
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/asia/chinese-ships-japan-senkaku-islands-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
“A Dutch warship was harassed by Chinese military aircraft in the East China Sea on Friday, the Netherlands said, becoming the latest country to accuse Beijing’s forces of initiating potentially unsafe encounters in international waters.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/10/asia/chinese-military-harass-dutch-warship-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
And USA always claims and waives its tail for FREE TRADE! However, its government always anchors for the benefit of its own companies/MNCs.
Whilst the CCP remains in Power, we should collectively do what we can to disassociate ourselves from any dependence upon China, even if that is to the detriment of our own Business.
Look at Elon Musk’s Tesla. He went to China, they then stole his Self-driving technology, and ramped up their own e-Car productions to export to the World.
JP Morgan, went to China, hoping to make money there, but later pulled out, and even went so far as to offer help for it’s employees there to relocate to another Country… now that, says a lot.
China could be a great place one day to do Business with, the people are Smart and Hard working, however their Government is Corrupt, lies about the outside World, forcefully places peoples within its boundaries within Concentration Camps., and makes territorial claims outside of its boundaries threatening smaller Countries to itself… because it can.
This all has to stop. The only way, seems to be by way of War sadly. Many will die, the CCP will loose, but in the end, the King-pin Bully will be down, and World order will settle down without the antagonist.
the problem is that the Chinese view of copyright is “right to copy”
Pawn. Discarded, after out lived usefulness. Just look back in history.
Holland is not a lap dog of the RS of the USA, however, we all know Japan is.
Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, was trying to build on a 2023 agreement between the three countries to keep chipmaking equipment from China that could help to modernize its military.
China just needs to produce missiles. No U.S. carrier will approach the coast of China.
They’ll figure out a way to do it and it’ll be much better, cheaper and more efficient.
This is exactly what Karl Marx predicted over a century ago. Socialism (in this case, a Marxist-Leninist authoritarian state) would take over from capitalism’s achievements and then improve upon it.
“The East is Red!”
The West is not going to stop China in the South China Seas unless it’s stronger than China. It’s not. Look how many of them need to band together and they still worry.
Look at the Greek islands right off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea. Every single one belongs to Greece. It’s what strong nations do, c look aim territory. How do you think the US became a continental nation?
The South China Seas belongs to China simply because China says it belongs to China. It’s the way the world works.
China is who China is. Those who agree can kow tow or get on their knees with their foreheads on the ground.
Didn’t the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese just say on Monday that Australia adheres to the one-China policy and does not support “Taiwan independence.”?
Albanese sets a good example: take care of your people and their livelihoods first.
no chip making equipments to china, and most important, please dont accept student in University for this knowledge and please dont take china people to work in the semicon company. They are famous pirates in stealing technology, and never respect intellectual property.
quercetumToday 10:10 pm JST
The West is not going to stop China…
Pro-CCP poster says China will win. Film at 11.
There are trade barriers being put up all over the world to combat China’s product dumping, WTO rule-breaking subsidies, forced labor, and environmental degradation.
See also solar panels, wind turbines, and many, many more things.
It’s not product dumping. It’s producing all the things they said were going to save us from global warming at high quality, efficiently and cheaply. Something the west refused to do, or did so inefficiently or at very high cost or just not at all. Now we can have all of these cheaply, they don’t want them since it doesn’t fit their political narrative. Instead they focus on preparing us for WW3.
It’s producing all the things they said were going to save us from global warming at high quality, efficiently and cheaply.
High quality? Apparently you haven’t bought much off Temu or AliExpress? Some of it is good… certainly not most of it.
isabelle:
Pro-CCP poster says China will win. Film at 11.
That’s the go-to rebuttal. Anytime someone says something you don’t like, it must be a CCP-lover, Putin-lover, etc. Not interested in those theatrics and hysterical fearmongering.
USA barred China from cooperation in the space industry. The result? China built its own space station while the ISS is running out of time. China got moon samples a few years back. The result? American scientists had to ask US government for permission to ask for those samples. China, being the bigger person they are, gave them the samples. No doubt when Chang’e 6 returns to earth from the far side of the moon in a few days times. USA will go begging again.
USA barred Huawei? The result? They came out with a satellite phone right when Gina Raimondo visited China on another begging tour. They tried to arrest Ms Meng and got Canada to do their dirty work. The result? She was let go with no proof of wrong-doing while two Canadians were arrested for spying. How do we know at least one of them was guilty? One of them unwittingly gave the other confidential information. When they got back to Canada he sued the other guy and the Canadian government and won a $7M settlement.
Anything else USA wants to do to China? Bring it on.
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